Attachment tool for use with vehicle-mounted article

Abstract

An attachment tool for use with a vehicle-mounted article includes a fitting member fitted in a switch mounting hole which is formed in a dashboard of a vehicle so that a post-fitting switch or the like is attachable to the switch mounting hole and which is covered by a blind lid, and a connecting member having a distal end to which a vehicle-mounted article is connected and formed on a front of the fitting member.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An attachment tool for use with a vehicle-mounted article, comprising:
 a fitting member fitted in a switch mounting hole which is provided in a dashboard of a vehicle so that a post-fitting switch or the like is attachable to the switch mounting hole and which is covered by a blind lid; and   a connecting member having a distal end to which a vehicle-mounted article is connected and provided on a front of the fitting member.   
     
     
         2 . The attachment tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the connecting member includes a plurality of ball joints. 
     
     
         3 . The attachment tool according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 lock pieces provided on a top side and an underside or right and left sides of the fitting member so as to be displaceable inward and outward with respect to the sides of the fitting member, respectively, the lock pieces having lock surfaces lockable to a peripheral edge of the switch mounting hole and guide surfaces extending rearward from outer ends of the lock surfaces and being inclined, wherein:   when the fitting member is inserted into the switch mounting hole, the guide surfaces are brought into sliding contact with the peripheral edge of the switch mounting hole, whereby the lock pieces are displaced inward with respect to the sides of the fitting member; and   the guide surfaces are inclined so that the lock pieces are displaced outward with respect so the sides of the fitting member when outer ends of the lock surfaces have passed the peripheral edge of the switch mounting hole, whereby the lock surfaces are locked to the peripheral edge of the switch mounting hole.   
     
     
         4 . The attachment tool according to  claim 3 , wherein the lock surfaces are inclined so that in a case where the fitting member is pulled out of the switch mounting hole when inserted into the switch mounting hole until the lock surfaces lock to the peripheral edge of the switch mounting hole, the lock surfaces are brought into sliding contact with the peripheral edge of the switch mounting hole and the lock pieces are displaced inward with respect to the sides of the fitting member, so that the lock surfaces are released from a locking state to the peripheral edge of the switch mounting hole;
 wherein the fitting member has a pair of locking members which are provided in the front thereof so as to be movable inward and outward with respect to the fitting member; and   wherein when the locking members are moved inward, distal ends of the locking members abut on bottoms of the lock pieces thereby to prevent the lock pieces from inward displacement.   
     
     
         5 . The attachment tool according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the fitting member has a front formed with a through hole through which a cable connected to a vehicle-mounted article extends; and   the connecting members have respective through holes through which the cable extends.